The new science of complex networks provides computational tools that are effective at analyzing big data sets from a wide array of scientific fields, ranging from medicine to engineering, technology, and social networks. Here, we explore the party co-affiliation networks of Romanian politicians who were in Parliament after the regime change in 1989, while focusing...
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Normative and empirical accounts of higher education graduates’ employment prospects are both overlooked in the study of the institutionalisation of disciplines. How distinctive are different strands of social science disciplines, judged by the employment of their graduates? We address this gap in the literature by operationalising the link between the institutionalisation of disciplines and labour...
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This paper produces an assessment of the realities of the territorial cooperation of Romanian cities during 2007-2013, as an empirically based exploration of the effectiveness of INTERREG in producing polycentric connections, in a multi-scalar perspective. Considering cities as nodes of networking in INTERREG territorial cooperation projects, we computed, using statistical methods, the intensity of connections...
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Constraints on resources, staff, facilities, and other features of the multidimensional problems of the cultivation, production, trafficking, and use of illicit drugs (or drug-related activities) in Afghanistan require many organizations to work together. The advantages of this cooperation include effectively and efficiently combating this multidimensional phenomenon. Addressing this, this paper examines the patternized interactions among...
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